Majored in design with a Computer Art focus including 2D, 3D, programming, motion animation, and some game design application training.

Received a second (double) major with studies in storyboarding, production lighting, filming, editing, and motion design.

Part of the Gies MBA, 7-course Specialization covers effectively leading organizations teams with analytical tools in business situations from leadership frameworks. Practices in strategic, human resource, and organizational foundations for capturing value for sustainable competitive advantage across a portfolio of businesses.

This 4-course learning path offers a comprehensive introduction to generative Al. This specialization explores the foundations of large language models (LLMs), their diverse applications, and the ethical considerations crucial for responsible Al development and deployment.

Certification courseware included six courses in CX product design including Enabling CX Delivery, Research For Seamless CX, Prioritizing Your CX Efforts, Culture Transformation, Advanced CX Measurement, and lastly Design For Differentiation.

Part of the iMBA program, the capstone is a strategic leadership and management that applies actual business situations with participation by one or more companies. Deliverables include creating business value.

Part of Gies Business (iMBA, iMSM), developing advantages in managing stakeholders in vertical integration, diversification, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, international expansion, global strategy, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.

Part of Gies Business (iMBA, iMSM) Evaluate how to create, capture, and maintain value creation including five forces analysis and strategic positioning business models. Coordinate functional areas, resources, and systems with external environments for performance.

Part of Gies Business (iMBA, iMSM) Evaluate complexities associated with management structures in organizations with frameworks to manage and lead. Analyze challenges with solutions for org. efficiency, cultural foundations, and ethics

Part of the University of Illinois specialization, the training develops effective team cultures. Explores different facets of team culture to optimize effective teams. Evaluate cultures of safety, engagement, and growth, to lead teams in cultures that facilitate effective teamwork.

Part three of six in a Google Certification, project planning phase components and impact. Identify tools and best practices of a project plan and risk management plan. Estimate, track, and maintain a budget. Draft communication plans and manage them.

Part of University of Illinois Gies Business (iMBA, iMSM) Leading Teams: Developing as a Leader that discusses how to lead teams with honesty, empathy and growth effectively.

The fourth course in Google Management program. Quality management of project life cycle, including communication changes, dependencies, and risks. CX Measurement, continuous process improvement with data decision-making and team development.

An introduction course aimed at explaining what Generative AI is, how it is used, and how it differs from traditional machine learning methods. It also covers Google Tools to help you develop Gen AI apps.

Explore what large language models (LLM) are, the use cases where they can be utilized, and how you can use prompt tuning to enhance LLM performance. It also covers Google tools to help you develop your own Gen AI apps.

Educated in best practices for prompt techniques like zero-shot and few-shot, which can improve the reliability and quality of large language models (LLMs). You will also explore various prompt engineering approaches like Interview Pattern, Chain-of-Thought, and Tree-of-Thought, which aim at generating precise and relevant responses.

Part of Gies College of Business’ iMBA, focusing on building effective team cultures. Exploring facets that enable effective teams. Cultures of safety, engagement, and growth to facilitate the most effective teamwork.

Certification courseware included six courses in CX product design including Crafting A CX Vision, Building A Customer-Centric Culture, Conducting CX Research, Maximizing Journey Mapping, Measuring CX, and lastly Storytelling The CX Business Case.

Identify patterns in data, create compelling data visualizations, and even rehearse presentations. Transform abstract ideas into actionable steps, use AI to role-play conversations, and get expert feedback. Evaluate your outputs for bias and errors, and iterate to get more helpful results.

Part two of a 6-course certification by Google, evaluates the impacts on proper initiation phase to project life cycle, key components of project charters, stakeholder analysis with RACI charts for project team responsibilities, and various project management tools for success.

Google AI Essentials is a self-paced course designed to help people across roles and industries get essential AI skills to boost their productivity, zero experience required. The course is taught by AI experts at Google who are working to make the technology helpful for everyone.

Part of Google Cloud, aimed at explaining what responsible AI is, why it's important, and how Google implements responsible AI in their products. It also introduces Google's 7 AI principles.

Part of a 6-course program focusing on foundational project management used at Google including scrum and agile, measurement, and successful team collaboration with stakeholder management.

Artificial intelligence certification in business applications for innovation, efficiency, and sustainability. Strategic decision-making and business performance leveraging AI operations leadership. MIT Sloan + CS & AI Labs.

Impact of AI technology and Google's approach to responsible AI, and also be introduced to Google's AI Principles.

Currently working on my Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification for a Q1 2024 completion.